New York has spent $ 89 million on sending homeless people to other states, but they are coming back

New York spent millions of dollars sending over 12 thousands of homeless people to other states, but hundreds of them returned to shelters in America's largest city. This publication writes Independent.

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According to a new report released on the New York Post on Tuesday, more than 12 of thousands of homeless people from New York were sent to live in 32 states across the country, as well as in Puerto Rico as part of a “special one-time assistance program”.

“The city sent 5 homeless families, a total of 074 people, to 12 cities across the country at a cost to taxpayers of $482 million,” the report said.

But judging by the data on the effectiveness of this program, it gives strong failures, while being a burden on the city budget.

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